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ICYMI: Nearly Two-Thirds Of TV Shows On Air Last Year Didn't Have A Single Black Writer on Staff
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- More than 90 percent of showrunners are white and two thirds of scripted TV shows that aired during the 2016-2017 TV season had no black writers on staff, according to a new industry report on diversity — or rather, the lack thereof — from researchers at UCLA.
- After burning an effigy of Donald Trump last year, the Edenbridge Bonfire Society in England has found a new target for this year's bonfire: Harvey Weinstein.
- Ever feel like smokers are getting more work breaks than you are? A Japanese company will give non-smokers extra paid leave to help compensate.
- Julianne Moore will play Gloria Steinem in a forthcoming adaptation of the feminist activist's 2015 memoir, My Life on the Road.
- Tyrese Gibson is taking his beef with Fast and Furious co-star The Rock to the next level. In an Instagram post today, he offered a vaguely threatening ultimatum (to whom exactly? Do the studio heads check Instagram? It's unclear): Either The Rock is out of Fast and the Furious 9, or he is.
- As you watch the Dodgers World Series, remember Black Friday, or the day Los Angeles evicted the last residents of Palo Verde in Chavez Ravine.
- On a lighter note, here's Millie Bobby Brown rapping a recap of the last season of Stranger Things:
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